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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Unsurprisingly Says He Would Put Up A Supreme Court Justice Before 2020
By Kate Riga
June 25, 2019 7:45 am
In a shock to no one, President Donald Trump quickly shed Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnells (R-KY) specious rationale for blocking Merrick Garlands confirmation process, saying that he would put up another justice before the 2020 election if opportunity arose.
Would I do that? Of course, he told the Hill.
As a candidate, Trump backed McConnells position, though he now says that everything has changed since Republicans hold both the White House and the Senate.
They couldnt get him approved. Thats the other problem because they didnt have the Senate. If they had the Senate, they would have done it, Trump said of Democrats then.
We have a great Senate. We have great people, he continued. If we could get him approved, I would definitely do it. No, Id do it a lot sooner than that. Id do it. If there were three days left, Id put somebody up hoping that I could get em done in three days, okay?
McConnell said at the time that whoever was elected in 2016 should get to choose the justice to fill the late Antonin Scalias seat in an unprecedented move that planted deep-seated and lingering fury in Democrats of all stripes.
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Trump Unsurprisingly Says He Would Put Up A Supreme Court Justice Before 2020 (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jun 2019
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Initech
(100,096 posts)1. Sorry Chump, the next president gets to choose.
Lochloosa
(16,067 posts)2. "Him"
Bayard
(22,121 posts)3. He's hoping Bader-Ginsberg is going to die
Its morbid.
Can he get anyone else in if he is under impeachment proceedings?
librechik
(30,676 posts)4. oh, wait! McConnell says he won't let that happen in an election year!
And Murtle would never lie, right?